Back to collectionA Crowded Queue at September’s End
As September ended, the testnet campaign had run for a full month, and mainnet had yet to appear. BTC closed the month at USD 26,900. A month's participation had made the queue feel crowded and the rule changes harder to gloss over with a slogan.
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As September ended, the testnet campaign had run for a full month, and mainnet had yet to appear. In the group, the Night Watchman answered questions from old and new participants: finding the day's task was straightforward, but explaining leaderboard points and Pioneer eligibility was harder.
BTC closed the month at USD 26,900. The day 34 task went out as usual, and the announcement again mentioned the “first 300 people to interact.” The testnet had seen 80,000 wallets and 100,000 transactions a day, while the leaderboard rules had changed twice. The Night Watchman urged people rushing to interact to check that they had actually finished the day's task; the slogan did not settle the distinction between points and eligibility.
A month's participation had made the queue feel crowded and the rule changes harder to gloss over with a slogan. The Night Watchman planned to answer recurring questions separately by task, points, and status. That evening, nobody could infer their final tier from “first 300” alone.